Thursday, 23 October 2014

Personal Injury Claims Besides Accidents

An injury caused to a person due to the negligence of another
person is a personal injury. The general idea about personal injury is when a
person gets injured in an accident. The accident has occurred as a result of
negligence of the other driver who is involved.

Besides this general notion, there are other areas which
enable you to claim personal injury damages. As the meaning per se, personal
injury is the one that happens as a result of offender’s negligence. So, injury
caused due to the defective products manufactured by a company, also falls
under this parameter.

Defective Products

The products that proved to be dangerous for your personal
use are defective products. If for some reason one has received physical damage
due to a faulty product, he/she can claim a personal injury claim. Designers
and manufacturers are liable to sell safe and comfortable to all products. In
case they fail to keep this up, they are liable for paying the damages caused.

This case is different from other visible and non-visible
injuries. As in the previously mentioned cases a person has to prove his
damages. But in this case where damages are as a result of malfunctioning and
faulty products, the claimer need not prove his injury. Rather he needs only to
prove that the product is dangerous to use. The product design and
manufacturing is unreasonably dangerous to use as intended.

It also can include the defective make of the product. This
defective make might have triggered some problem that backfired and injured
you. Another reason though is the instructions given to use the product. It is
necessary for the manufacturer or the assembler to state instructions for the
use of this product. At the same time, making mandatory dos and don’ts, and
also provide adequate directions to use the product. When such obligations are
not met with and an injury is caused, the defender or the consumer in this case
can claim a personal injury claim.

Reporting the injury

The defender should keep the evidence, in the
first case.

Secondly, keep the product in the same state as
it was when injury occurred.

Make note of the name of the manufacturer,
model, serial number, and user manual.

Keep the receipt which show when and where from
the product was brought.

If possible, take pictures of the site of
accident.

Have accurate addresses and phone numbers of the
doctors treating the injured.